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[PARTS 100/100 PUBLISHED] [PARTS 98/100 REVISED AND EDITED] ⭐ Ranked #1 on Wattpad for "Cosmic Horror" and "Thought-provoking" Categories ⭐ Artwork for this novel is available on the Official DeviantArt Page here: https://www.deviantart.com/aizarikijaz ~ "EXISTENTIAL WOES", a song composed for this book and intended to be used for the trailer once its finished, is available on Spotify and Apple Music here: https://open.spotify.com/album/7ca13sfaeFENraFqAMNR1i?si=w612hymRSK2fC1xhFc146g https://music.apple.com/us/album/existential-woes-ep/1779593223 ~ The Official Instagram Page for "The Book of Abbadon" can be visited here: https://www.instagram.com/bookofabbadon/profilecard/?igsh=M2NyYnRuZm9iOHE= ... ⚠️ CONTENT WARNING ⚠️ This story is targeted towards young adults and it contains Mature Content such as: - Vulgar Language - Graphic Depictions of Violence and Gore - Graphic Depictions of Sex and Nudity - Potentially Offensive Religious Themes You must be at least 18 years or older in order to read this story, and by reading it, you do so at your own risk. Reader's discretion is advised.

My name is Lucas, a regressor who has gone through an incredible journey, experiencing both amazing victories and heartbreaking failures along the way. With only fifty attempts at my disposal, I've relied on the mysterious artifact called the "Heart of Chronos," the key to my ability to rewind time. Sadly, I’ve already burned through forty-nine of those chances, leaving me with just one lonely shot left. It’s pretty pitiful when you think about it. I had all those opportunities, yet I lost every single time. Maybe this last chance will finally work out. That’s what I hoped for each time I started a new regression, but this time… It worked, albeit in a really twisted way. What a cruel twist of fate! So, come along with me on this wild ride because I might just bring about a change that can shape both your life and mine in ways we never imagined. May the Abyss be with us!

Yamato Akio lived a life no one would envy. An orphan discarded by the world, he clawed his way into adulthood only to be betrayed by the very people he loved. His wife cheated on him with his boss. The child he raised wasn’t his. The courts forced him to pay child support while she lived in luxury. Then he was fired, cast out of society, and left to survive on black-market construction jobs—thirty years of brutal labor for scraps of dignity. He worked. He endured. He suffered in silence. And at seventy years old, as his hands cracked and bones ached, a thief broke into his crumbling apartment. Akio fought back—with nothing but a rusty pipe and raw instinct—but fate never gave him mercy. A knife found his heart before justice found him. But that was not the end. In the empty dark, a voice echoed—a divine presence that had been watching his life unfold. “You were never meant to live that way. Now, you will live again—not as a slave to fate, but as one who holds dominion over it.” Reborn as Kurosawa Haruki, the son of the mighty Vampire King and revered Demon Queen, Akio finds himself in a realm of magic, war, and nobility. His new parents rule with fearsome strength and unshakable love. And for the first time… so can he. Granted a divine-tier system by the god himself, Haruki awakens with: [The Gamer: Eternal Regression System] [Trait: Infinite Energy] [Ability: Return from Death – Unlimited Resets] Every action, no matter how small, earns him massive rewards. Every failure is a chance to try again. Every death rewinds time—resetting the world to a previous point, but leaving his memories intact. Armed with stats, skills, and unending energy, Haruki begins his rise as a prince who cannot stay dead and refuses to stay weak. But power comes with cost. The more he resets, the more timelines fracture. The more he dies, the more he sees the world’s darkest truths—and the deepest parts of himself. He can save lives, prevent disasters, and rewrite fate itself… but at what cost to his mind, soul, and humanity? Now caught in a world of ancient races, god-forged weapons, demonic domains, political betrayal, and unseen divine observers, Haruki must choose: Will he protect the family he never had? Will he become a cold tactician who uses death as a tool? Or will he lose himself in the infinite regress, becoming something more—and less—than human?

"When you see this line of text, the World Game has already begun." "This is 'True Person Competitive Global Live Stream Game' for Zhai Xing. " "Here, all Players become travelers, shuttling through worlds together. You can become a beacon of hope in an Apocalypse fraught with peril, witness Reincarnation in a future controlled by androids, or fight for your faction in a village where Werewolves clash with divine beings..." "I am Su Ming'an, possessing the unique Skill of Death Rewind." "Players who are eliminated become spectators. In a live stream with millions of views, they call me the strongest 'Number One Player', the eternal existent." "Others say I am a traitor sent by the Organizers, an unfit leader." "...But that doesn't matter." "For those who sacrifice themselves to help others, we should not let them freeze to death in the snowstorm. For those who pave the way for freedom, we should not let them bog down in thorns." "— I will bring a 'Bright Future' to everyone who has ever watched me." ... "...Whether they hold good intentions or Evil." ... Tags: Original World, Myriad Realms, Infinite Flow, Human Nature Flow, Long-term Foreshadowing, Plot Twists, No Female Lead, Multiple Endings including HE, BE, TE. World Progress (Original World): X City Apocalypse → Android Sci-fi → Senior High School Campus → Werewolf Killing Game World → Magical Ritual ... [The False Game begins: Prologue, The Real Game begins: Chapter 14]

Ryo Takashi was just an ordinary high school student—until a clerical error enrolled him into Celestia Academy, an elite school for supernatural beings. Vampires, angels, demons, and gods-in-training roam the campus, each possessing powers beyond mortal comprehension. At first, Ryo is the odd one out, a powerless human in a world of legends. But everything changes when he awakens an ability unlike any other: Limitless Regression—the power to rewind time and redo events without limit. What begins as a desperate attempt to survive soon turns into an unstoppable force, allowing him to learn from every failure, perfect every skill, and outmatch even the strongest supernatural beings. As if being overpowered wasn’t enough, Ryo quickly becomes the most sought-after student in the academy. By ancient customs, his overwhelming strength makes him the rightful fiancé of numerous noble supernatural girls—each one determined to claim him. From a proud vampire princess to an enigmatic celestial heir, Ryo finds himself at the center of a romantic chaos he never saw coming. With endless retries, limitless power growth, and a harem of powerful fiancées, Ryo’s destiny is rewritten. But as ancient forces awaken and the world teeters on the brink of war, can an "ordinary" boy become the ultimate ruler of the supernatural realm?

Last Train to Oblivion The world is vanishing. Time is your last currency. When the sky cracks and The Silence spreads—devouring sound, light, and even the laws of physics—disaster engineer Cass Calder boards humanity’s final refuge: the Obsidian Express, a quantum train that phases between fragments of dying reality. On this train: ✅ Every car has twisted rules—time grows on trees, prayers become weapons, and memories can be bought or stolen. Cass can replicate any machine and overclock engines by sacrificing his own lifespan. One rewind per day—thirteen minutes to undo disaster, at the cost of his body and sanity. With 90 days until the final jump, every decision means life or deletion. Strangers arrive with no past. Whole concepts like gravity, color, or heat disappear forever. Cass faces impossible choices: > Who boards? Who burns? And what pieces of reality are worth saving… when the price is his own soul? Survival requires sacrifice. Escape demands cruelty. The meter is running… and the train never stops. Start reading now if you love: Brutal survival decisions High-stakes sci-fi thriller Power with a deadly cost Apocalypse by concept erasure

In a dystopian future where Vampires emerged from the shadows in order to stop humanity from becoming extinct, a young woman with a dark past meets a charismatic stranger. As time goes by Private Love Aikawa of military Unit 4-7, finds that she may not be as human as she first thought. Battling rogue vampires, mutated creatures and her own past, Love works to unravel the mysteries behind the secretive Helsing unit, and tries to become the bridge between humans and vampires in a world filled with discrimination. This novel starts intentionally slow through the exposition and the early world and character building, BUT everything kicks into gear after the turning point in the latter half of Volume 1, and especially Volume 2, where the tone of the novel shifts. So, I hope you stick with it and enjoy the wild ride! I also added some song recommendations along the way to listen to whilst you read certain chapters, I hope this helps boost the experience. Public Spotify playlist titles (all under the name LouLou): TLAR - Book 1 TLAR - Book 2 TLAR - Book 3 TLAR - A Fire in Their Wake This is rated 'No one under 17 permitted' for (very) mature themes, including drug use, SA, LGBTQ+ discrimination, very frequent strong language, violence etc. Please note that no storyline is chosen for shallow shock value, and most are taken from personal experience, and hopefully handled with the care, respect and sensitivity they deserve. Disclaimers are added against any chapter that may cause distress. The majority of Volume 1, in a different order and edited as a full novel is available free on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/Loulou2

[Warning: Mature, strong language, R18 content is advised] [1–2 chapter a week publish] Feeling disliked at work is one thing, but being falsely accused is something else entirely. Pushed to his limits, a man who has carried memories of his dark past since infancy holds a dangerous secret. He can rewind time, but only if he dies. With this power at his disposal, he decides to stand up for himself and take revenge on all the women who have mistreated him. #Requiemofashes #Theechochamber #Requiemreset #Redorequiem #Redothegamechanger

“You raise your weapon as if it had meaning. My blade had severed meaning itself—you fool.” - Jinn BLADE Through flames of chaos and the storms of war, Jinn’s story is not for the faint of heart. Fueled by the warmth that surged him forward and born by the catalyst that awoken his true potential and destiny. Through his blades alone shall he cut through destiny. Through his blades alone shall he cut through despair and torment. Through his blades alone shall he cut through his way to stand at the pinnacle of strength. Through his blades alone shall his enemies know fear. Fear of his strength and fear of his name. Jinn Blade is his name. This Novel falls into the Science Fantasy Genre and involves a lot of medieval fantasy elements while mixing together sci-fi elements. [Warning: This novel contains sensitive scenarios] Spotify music catered for each chapter: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4sepX1bQE5bSQvqjlOHbFq?si=2d6b7f3b3c284915

Suddenly, high school student Natsuki Subaru has been summoned to another world on the way back from the convenience store. After being summoned to another world and no sign of the one who summoned him, things become worse when he is attacked. However, when he is saved by a mysterious silver-haired girl and her companion, a spirit named Puck, Subaru cooperates with the girl to return the favor by helping to find something that was stolen from her. When they finally manage to get a clue and go to the place it was gonna be sold Subaru and the girl are mysteriously attacked and killed by someone. Subaru then awakens hours before his and the silver-haired girl's death. After dying a couple more times with the same result he dubs his ability 『Return by Death』. Subaru is a helpless boy that only has the ability to rewind time by dying. Despite the despair, can he rewrite history and save that girl from a fated death?

"If you intended to die anyway, don't die quietly like a pussy! Go out in a fucking blaze of glory!" That was the statement that changed my world forever. I was a loser in life. I died and got reincarnated into a Revenant. Revenants were people who defended the living from the dead. In exchange for a second life, they had one task and were blessed with one cheat ability. The task? To kick as much zombie ass as possible. Unfortunately, my cheat just made me "Rewind". It didn't give me super strength, speed or the ability to fly. Hell, it didn't even give me a way to fight! Without any way to kill zombies, I nearly died on my first day on the job! Back then I remember crying and puking all over the place like a little bitch. But while I started out like a little bitch, I didn't stay one. Dying full of regrets changed me you see. So much so that I made a promise. I refused to repeat my mistakes when I was human. Reborn as a Revenant, I will never bow down to anyone ever again. Unfortunately, these Revenant bastards were old school. Like they hacked zombies with swords and all that crap old school. As a man born in the USA, I saw no reason why I needed to follow their outdated way of thinking. The modern world had the superpower of gun powder and lead. So instead of swords, I came after every zombie I saw with guns. Like countries in the middle east, I proceeded to blow the motherfuckers to kingdom come. And surprisingly because of "Rewind", I found out I could never run out of ammunition. $200 for each kill. Hefty bonus for each area of hell liberated. What scared normal people shitless suddenly allowed me to earn millions every day. The richer I got the more "Freedom" I could unleash! Mortars, tanks, air strikes to even nukes. Backed by modern science and technology, I slowly but surely drove the undead back. Along the way, I met and saved seven heavenly beauties. And all of them fell in love with me. They were a little obsessive, scratch that, they were all fucking insane. My precious harem was comprised of nothing but Yanderes in every sense of the word. Still, I would willingly burn the entire world for any of them. For when I called, only my battle harem answered. And that was even before I learned of another secret. Exchanging bodily fluids with my girls gave me their cheats. Suddenly, in contrast to every Revenant in the world who only had one, I alone wielded eight. One from each girl plus my own. And so unfolded my 2nd life. Which eventually became my legend. Who am I you ask? I was born as John Smith. But these days not even my girls use that name. Both on Earth and in Hell everyone else just calls me Limitless. And I am the Strongest Revenant. *************************** Author Notes: Harem size: 7 | No NTR | No Yuri | No Grape Novel Focus: Action, Adventure, Urban Fantasy, Reincarnation, Dark, Weak to Strong, Battle Harem, Beautiful Heroines, YANDERE Heroine, Military, Loyal Subordinates, Kingdom Building, War, Politics, Conspiracies, Overpowered, Face Slapping, Tragedy, Character Development, Multiple POVs, Betrayal, Alternate Realities, Demons, Zombies, Superpowers, Tower Climbing, Tower Defense, Wish fulfillment. I have paid for and own the copyrights to both the cover and character images. Official Discord link https://discord.gg/7yxSzd3szy, See you there!

Carlos Mendez was a small-time criminal barely surviving on Miami's streets in 2025. When immigration cops cornered him after a graffiti stunt gone wrong, he thought his story was over. Then ball lightning struck. Now he's trapped in 1978 Miami with disco music, Art Deco decay, and an impossible discovery: he can rewind time one second for a dollar. But the money burns away forever. With only $107 left and a supernatural power that could save his life or bankrupt his soul, Carlos finds himself in a city where Cuban refugees build new lives, corruption runs deep, and the drug trade is just beginning to bloom. Time really is money in 1980s Miami.

--- She died unloved, unprotected, and falsely accused. Libertia—the “villainess”—was cast aside by her own family, betrayed by the girl they brought into their home, and burned by the empire she once called hers. Her only crime? Being in the way. But death was not the end. When fate rewinds time, it’s not just Libertia who returns. This time, her family remembers everything. The cold crown prince. The distant military brother. The distracted emperor. The ever-busy empress. Each of them haunted by the memory of the daughter they lost… and the price they paid for turning their backs. Now, given a second chance, they will rewrite the ending. This time, they’ll fight for her. This time, they’ll protect their daughter before it’s too late. Even if it means facing the same girl who destroyed them before—Lily, the one they once trusted. In this life, Libertia won’t stand alone. --- this is my first time writing please read and give feedback

"I DO" → "I DIE." Hours after marrying her longtime crush—icy CEO Nathan Jang—heiress Vanessa Belmont is stabbed, kidnapped, and left to bleed out in a wrecked car. The final insult? Watching Nathan rescue his precious childhood sweetheart (*cough* Vanessa’s killer *cough*) instead of his actual wife. So yeah. Worst. Wedding. Night. EVER. FATE REWINDS Reborn six months before her murder, Vanessa upgrades her life with new rules: * Ditch the doormat era. (Badass mode: activated.) * Live for herself. (And okay, fine—revenge.) * Avoid Nathan like he’s the reason she died. (Oh, wait…) TOO BAD NATHAN 2.0 IS OBSESSED Now he’s everywhere—lingering touches, midnight texts, and panty-melting kisses. Not to mention his hungry gaze—like she’s an all-you-can-eat buffet and he's starving. VANESSA'S SECOND CHANCE PLAN 1. Don’t die. (Again.) 2. Don’t fall for Nathan. (Too late.) 3. Eat more carbs. (Donuts!) As for Nathan? She’ll forgive him when hell freezes over. Or when he takes off his shirt. Whichever comes first.

At twenty-six, I was done. Done with the noise, the debt, the quiet ache no one saw. So I made one last wish—“If I could turn back time, I’d fix it.” Then I woke up as my twelve-year-old self. Same skin. Same childhood bedroom. Same Manila skyline outside. But something was different. There was magic now. And monsters. And a strange voice calling me "Guardian." I thought I was getting a second chance at life. Turns out—I became a magical girl.

The White door opens — Memories of the past haunt the future. Marcen Loristu had many titles. However, one stood out the most: The Contradiction. His entire life was just a story to beings that could be explained as ‘Gods,’ and he hated it. These beings forced an old acquaintance of Marcen—, Time—, to rewind just so that he would live his entire story over, and over, and over again, just for their pleasure. On a cycle like the previous billions before, he found an escape. He would destroy an artifact that kept the words flowing, his nightmare running, the world breathing: The Console System. It was alive, resting at the edge of everything, the place where nothing except literal concepts could reach, yet he was able to enter. His greatest friend, “The Order,” who had been living through the same endless loop in a different story, a different ‘Universe,’ betrayed him before he could realise his goal when he was so close. Rebooting the system and commanding it to do a reset that would purge everything, a Factory Reset. The command broke the system itself and caused “Glitches” to arise, and “Corruptions” in the story. Now stranded in a broken multiverse, Marcen must regain his memories, save what little he can, and stop this rotting corpse of a world from being destroyed. And all the while, the Console System continuously flickered with a faint blue light. A light that shone brightly against its endless, expansive screen that covered the very border of the multiverse. Its ancient surface, that once held countless, continuing code and notifications, held naught except for one message left for a contradiction to read. — 「A Paradox has formed…」 — 《WHAT TO EXPECT》 ~ 1k minimum word count per chapter. ~ Creative settings, characters, and… author? ~ Living systems. ~ Mysterious villains. ~ MC fighting against the clock! (Translation: Fast Pace) ~ Crazy plot twists! (That make sense)

Suddenly pulled into a world filled with Specters, Fang Xiu woke up with a unique ability: Reset. Every time he died, time would rewind to the moment before he was killed. In this strange and dangerous world, Fang Xiu could have chosen to hide. Instead he announced to the world, “Yes, I’m a prophet. I can see the future!” As his predictions kept coming true, his title of the Prophet spread around the world. His words became the truth. They became the future. “I have seen the future,” he announced, attracting people from all around the world. His followers took it to the extreme, declaring, “Should the Prophet decree your demise one day, don’t waver, don’t question, just obey. For hesitance only leads to a far graver fate.” During a B-level Specter event, known as [the Spawning] A teammate warned, “The creature is hiding among these villagers. We need to be careful.” Fang Xiu pointed to the last row and commanded, “The one in white. Yes, you. Come out!” In an A-level Specter event, called [Lantern Heads] One teammate warned, “This area is crawling with thousands of Lantern Heads. If they shine their light on you, your head will fall off. The scariest part is the Lantern Heads float unpredictably. It’s impossible for anyone to get across safely. Wait, where’s Fang Xiu?” Another stuttered, “He, he…he’s on the other side!” The first teammate exclaimed in disbelief, “What?! How did he get across?” The other replied: “He…he just walked over.”

"You can Rewind time but never for free, After surviving a school bombing by mysteriously jumping back 30 minutes 17 year old Kai arven discovers he has the power to Rewind time but every use comes at a terrifying price a lost memory as showdey forces known as the Hourglass order began to haunt him Kai must muster his gift before he forgets who he truly is Time is his weapon memory is cost Welcome to time reaver

You have died. Returning to last checkpoint... Ethan Vale wakes up in a brutal survival game where death isn't the end — it's the beginning. Gifted with the power to rewind time every time he dies, Ethan must outwit monsters, players, and fate itself. But each death breaks something inside him. In Erebus Gate, the game remembers everything — and so must he. Re:Death — I Return Every Time I Die

It is an autumn morning like any other in New York. Nine people have been invited to a funeral, yet none of them lets on who they truly are. As they begin to die one by one, each gradually reveals their own version of events. Each chapter returns to dawn on the day of the ceremony and offers a fresh perspective: when a guest dies, the story rewinds, and through the next voice unveils another fragment of the secret hidden beneath the autumn leaves. Will you uncover the truth before it is too late? Or was it already too late?

In Echoes of Eternity: Tales Across Time and Cosmos, dive into a mesmerizing anthology where time bends, realities fracture, and the human spirit grapples with the infinite. From a digital utopia where the creator questions immortality to a cursed village where the ocean whispers truths, these 40 stories weave sci-fi, fantasy, horror, and heartwarming tales into a tapestry of wonder and dread. A linguist decodes an alien signal that rewinds time. A raccoon saves a vanishing library. A mech pilot confronts her war machine’s haunting memories. Each chapter unveils a new world—whether it’s a dystopian society taxing rain, a seamstress stitching vengeance, or a high school swapping students across multiverses. With twist endings, cosmic stakes, and emotional depth, this collection explores identity, sacrifice, and the echoes that linger across eternity. Perfect for fans of Black Mirror, Neil Gaiman, and The Twilight Zone, these bite-sized epics deliver thrills, chills, and heart in every serialized chapter. Will you unravel the mysteries before reality itself blinks?

In a world where every person is born with a six-sided die that can reveal their fate, society lives by the roll. One means failure. Six means success. People ask their dice before jobs, relationships, even battles. Fate decides everything. But some are born with rarer dice — ones that don’t have all six numbers. Some dice have only two or three numbered sides. The rest? Blank. These people are known only to a secret organization called The Abnormals — who know the truth: > The rarer the die, the deeper it touches fate itself. And some blanks aren’t empty. They hold power. --- Kairo Enys has never rolled his die — not once. Born with a mysterious die that shows only two numbers — 1 and 2 — and four blank sides, he rejects the idea that fate should decide his life. He believes in choice, not chance. That changes the night he’s betrayed and left to die. With his phone gone and blood pouring from his chest, he rolls the die for the first time — asking if he’ll live to see tomorrow. It lands on a blank. He wakes up the next day, alive, unwounded… and holding a die that’s changed: red and gold, glowing with unknown power. That blank roll etched a skill into his soul: > Infinite Return — if he dies, he rewinds to the morning. But fate doesn’t like being rewritten. Now hunted by Unknowns — chaotic beings from beyond the fabric of reality — and watched by the Abnormals, Kairo begins to unlock the terrifying truth of his die: Each blank can store a daily skill, tied to his emotions. His signature power activates once a day — or more, if he’s willing to risk his life force. Every roll is a gamble — fate or power, survival or collapse. And worse — time is running out. Two centuries ago, a deal was struck by another like him to delay the end of the world. That deal expires in one year. Kairo didn’t ask for this fate. But now? > He’s the only one who can break it. --- Fate has rules. He breaks them.

In the isolated coastal town of Kurohane, eerie spiral patterns begin appearing everywhere—on walls, in trees, even in people’s reflections. When Renji Kisaragi, a skeptical high school journalist, returns home after hearing about his brother Shun’s sudden and mysterious death, he finds himself trapped in a nightmarish time loop. Every time he dies, time rewinds—resetting two days earlier. But with each reset, reality twists further: people disappear, time fractures, and his own body begins to change. As he searches for the cause, he discovers his estranged father, Kaoru Kisaragi, may have been the one who triggered the loop. Aided by his childhood friend Aoi Tsukimura, who holds secrets of her own, Renji must uncover the mystery of The Spiral Gate before it consumes everything. But some truths are worse than death. And the entity behind the spirals does not want to be stopped. Renji must make an impossible choice: sacrifice himself to break the loop—or risk losing his humanity to escape.

In a world where time is broken, one boy holds the blade that can rewrite fate. Seventeen-year-old Kairo is marked by the Chrono Seal — a brand from a forgotten age that binds him to a legendary weapon: the ChronoBlade. Pulled through time into a shattered world where knights fight drones and wizards battle machines, Kairo must master a weapon that can fracture reality. But as he fights to survive in a world where time loops, rewinds, and splits, he discovers a terrifying truth: He may be his own worst enemy. Enemies from the past, allies from the future, and the ghost of who he might become — the war for time has begun.

I got a system. Not for training, fighting, or saving the world. Nope. Mine gives me points every time I fix a past regret. Kicked the wrong guy? Rewind and do it right. Regret not confessing? Go back and risk the cringe. Every regret gives me skills, XP, and weird titles. I just wanted to nap through school. But apparently, I'm becoming the strongest slacker in the world. And there's a talking dumpling giving me quests now. Honestly, I regret everything… and I love it.

A Time-Loop Tragedy of Love and Cosmic Sacrifice In a city trapped in a dying 42-day time loop, Ren awakens with no memory of his past lives—only the haunting presence of Chu, a silver-haired girl who warns him: “Don’t love me. Everyone who does… vanishes.”

When Arthur, a man crushed under the weight of failure, takes his last breath beside a forgotten city sidewalk, his life doesn't end. It rewinds. Moments before death, Arthur is thrust back into his five-year-old body — into the small home where dreams were drawn in crayon and promises were made between spoonfuls of soup. But now, the man inside the child remembers everything: the lies he told, the dreams he abandoned, the parents he couldn't save. Given a second chance — or perhaps cursed with it — Arthur must navigate childhood again, this time carrying the full grief and knowledge of his lost adult life. But can broken promises be mended with smaller hands? Can a heart weighed down by failure ever feel light again? And if fate gave him this gift... what does it want in return? A haunting, poetic journey through time, memory, and redemption — Ashes of a Promise explores what it truly means to go back, when you already know how the story ends.

In a seemingly normal world, 17-year-old Riven Aster lives a quiet life — until time stops and a chilling voice echoes from the sky: "Simulation corrupted. Resetting World #2403. Initiating new cycle. Players will retain memories. Let the game begin." Reality crumbles. Cities fold like paper. Time rewinds. When Riven wakes up, he’s back 5 years in the past — a middle schooler again. But this time, he remembers everything — his friends dying, the world falling apart, and the hidden “players” behind the curtain.

Jika kau bisa mengulang waktu... apakah kau cukup kuat untuk mengubah takdir? Dunia Valeria telah jatuh. Langit berwarna merah darah, ibu kota runtuh, para pahlawan gugur satu per satu. Di tengah reruntuhan itu, hanya satu yang tersisa—Aedric Kael Draven, sang Regressor, satu-satunya harapan umat manusia... dan dia telah gagal. Kemampuan legendarisnya untuk mengulang waktu, Timefracture Rewind, mencapai batasnya. Kali ini adalah putaran terakhir. Namun, di detik-detik sebelum akhir, Aedric memilih pengorbanan terbesar: jiwanya sendiri, demi satu kesempatan lagi. Saat kesadarannya kembali, dia terbangun dalam tubuhnya yang muda, jauh di masa lalu—sebelum bencana, sebelum peperangan, sebelum semua orang yang dicintainya tewas. Dengan ingatan ratusan pertempuran dan luka masa depan yang belum terjadi, Aedric harus menghadapi dunia yang tak mengenalnya lagi. Tanpa kekuatan, tanpa status, hanya tekad baja dan pengetahuan kelam tentang apa yang akan datang. Namun kali ini, dia tidak akan gagal. Kegelapan akan datang. Void Sovereign masih menunggu di ujung takdir. Tapi Aedric siap menghancurkan takdir itu—meski harus mengorbankan segalanya. Karena bahkan bintang yang sekarat... masih bisa bersinar terakhir kalinya.